The Facts of Life

1979
The Facts of Life

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Down and Out in Malibu (1) Sep 26, 1987

Jo is jobless and apartmentless in Malibu, where Richard Moll just happens to need a house sitter.

EP2 Down and Out in Malibu (2) Oct 03, 1987

Richard Moll returns to the home he left in Jo's care to find it's been flooded: someone left the water running in the hot tub.

EP3 Rumor Has It Oct 17, 1987

Blair's after-hours visit with a professor reputed to be a womanizer stirs up a storm of vicious rumors on campus.

EP4 Before the Fall Oct 24, 1987

Natalie jumps at the chance to do an inside story on ROTC and then learns she'll also have to jump from a plane.

EP5 Sweet Charity Nov 07, 1987

Jo takes a job in social work at a community center that, she learns, has no funds to pay her salary.

EP6 Up from Down Under Nov 14, 1987

A new girl arrives at Eastland in the wee hours, claiming to be an Australian exchange student.

EP7 The More the Marrier Nov 21, 1987

Tootie's boyfriend says he can't make it to town for the Winter Carnival so Tootie decides to go with someone else.

EP8 A Rose by Any Other Age Nov 28, 1987

Blair is dumbfounded when an honor student she invited over ostensibly to study takes a shine to Beverly Ann instead of her.

EP9 Adventures in Baileysitting Dec 05, 1987

Babysitter Blair leaves her sister with the others while she attends a tea, and returns to find they somehow misplaced her.

EP10 It's a Wonderful Christmas Dec 12, 1987

It's holiday time, and Beverly Ann feels unneeded, until a mysterious Santa shows her what Christmas in Peekskill would be like without her.

EP11 Golden Oldies Jan 02, 1988

Imagine the whole gang the same people the same place, 40 years from now.

EP12 A Thousand Frowns Jan 09, 1988

Andy latches on to a ""big brother,"" who's living for today because tomorrow may never come.

EP13 Something in Common Jan 16, 1988

It's not music to his ears when Jo's dad learns that her boyfriend plays piano at a dinner joint.

EP14 Peekskill Law Jan 23, 1988

Blair interns at a law firm that's defending an accused murderer, who seems to be guilty until proven innocent.

EP15 A House Divided Jan 30, 1988

The fat hits the fire when Natalie and Tootie's boyfriends meet, and Jo blows a gasket over the repair job on her bike.

EP16 The First Time Feb 06, 1988

Natalie deals firsthand with facts of life as she overnights with her boyfriend Snake, and faces the reactions of her friends and Snake.

EP17 Let's Face the Music Feb 13, 1988

A sponsor of a musical benefit invites Jo and Blair to visit his beauty spa, where they are transformed but not in the way they expected.

EP18 Less Than Perfect Feb 20, 1988

One evening, a tired Blair falls asleep at the wheel and has a car accident landing her in the hospital with a gash in her for-head. This leads her to begin worrying about how her once ""perfect"" self will recover from this tragedy.

EP19 Till Marriage Do Us Part Feb 27, 1988

Rick proposes to Jo in his own crazy way, and everyone anticipates a wedding everyone, that is, except Jo, who still hasn't accepted.

EP20 Present Imperfect Mar 05, 1988

Tootie recieves a hideous pendant as an engagement present from Jeff's formidable grandmother, and it's pulverized at Andy and Pippa's wild party just before the woman arrives.

EP21 On the Edge Mar 12, 1988

Jo's job at the social services center gets a bit hairy when her supervisor, a suicide prevention counselor, threatens to leap off a building.

EP22 Big Apple Blues Mar 19, 1988

Natalie's first bite of the Big Apple is hard to digest: she overnights in a Soho loft with ""the four weirdest people I've ever met.""

EP23 The Beginning of the End Apr 30, 1988

Blair buys Eastland to save it from bankruptcy, and then must find a new headmaster and lots of new students.

EP24 The Beginning of the Beginning May 07, 1988

As the new headmistress, Blair starts whipping Eastland students into shape, and she's particularly challenged by one who seems determined to get expelled.
6.8| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info
Released: 24 August 1979 Ended
Producted By: TAT Communications Company
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980s. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focuses on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, an all-female boarding school in Peekskill, New York.

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meganoenning Being born in '92, I find myself watching sitcoms from older decades. TV was just so much better then. This show has always been a favorite of mine.
astro_92 The Facts of Life ran on network TV during my early years but I have seen it in syndication and I really, really like what I have seen. The series is intensely entertaining to say the least. My favorite character is none other than Jo Polniaczek, portrayed by the ever-gorgeous Nancy McKeon. From the way I look at it, the series' best episodes are those that revolve around the Jo character. The other cast members are also terrific but McKeon will always be my top favorite from the classic NBC show.I really hope that entire Facts of Life series gets released on DVD eventually. Hopefully, when this finally happens, retail stores will be able to keep the boxed sets in stock. Also, I really hope that the first two seasons get released as one set, as those two were only half-seasons. I am very anxious to view this incredible show again!
cutting_edge This show kicks butt. The only thing that bugs me is tootie. She really gets in the way. Blair is really funny because of what she cares mostly about, HERSELF! Mrs G is funny because she makes not-so-funny jokes, Nat is just funny because everything she says is funny, and Jo is funny because of her constant feuding w/Blair. Tootie is just there.
AwesomeJawsome I don't see how anyone could ADORE this show. It's funny at times, and Blair, Nat and Jo RULE, but Tootie and Mrs. Garrett ruin the whole thing. I think that if you take the good (blair, jo and nat) and leave out the bad (everyone else, including that little geek that hangs out with them in the later shows) you could have a really good show. But that will never happen so i suppose i can just dream on.